Agreement
between Placer County Water Agency and the United Stated Forest Service for
the Administration, operation and Maintenance of Recreation Facilities on the
Middle Fork American River Project on the Eldorado and Tahoe National Forests

Special
Environmental Inspection Report by SFRO for Placer County Water Agency's
Ralston Afterbay Dam & Oxbow Powerhouse Development of the Middle Fork
American River Project conducted on 8/6/04 under P-2079

Placer
County Water Agency informs FERC that during testing at Oxbow Powerhouse on
8/5/04 there was a large release of water from Ralston Afterbay Reservoir due
to an accidental opening etc under P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency requests that FERC authorize the proposed exploratory
work to proceed pending final approval of the TNF Special Use Permit for the
Middle Fork American River Project under P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency reports that the generator stator winding in the Middle
Fork Powerhouse generator unit 2 was replaced this past Fall & Winter
with installation of the new winding being completed etc under P-2079.

Letter
acknowledging the receipt of Placer County Water Agency, CA's letter dated
8/9/04 transmitting a report on the Corps of Engineers' progress on the
proposed spillway improvement at the LL Anderson Dam Project under P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency's progress report related to activities with the Corps of
Engineers which were planned to culminate in the completion of design
improvements etc re Middle Fork American River Proj-2079.

CA
Department of Water Resources' response to Placer County Water Agency's
7/6/04 letter which transmitted a report of Probable Maximum Flood
Determination for the Lower Hell Hole Dam et al under P-2079.

Letter
order approving Placer County Water Agency's 7/1/04 request for authorization
to drill three exploratory borings near the right side of the spillway at LL
Anderson Dam contingent upon the Corps obtaining a permit, P-2079.

Department
of Water Resources, CA forwards FERC this letter to Placer County Water
Agency requesting them to close the spillway gates & store water to the
elevations shown on the schedule below etc under P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency's CD containing its Archived Project Photographs &
Monitoring Data for Middle Fork Surge Shaft relating to the summary of weir,
flume & well monitoring data. E:Monitoring Data for Period of Record
Availability: Public

Letter
informing Placer County Water Agency that its 10/11/04 submittal of
construction plan and agency permits is satisfactory & authorizing them
to proceed with sediment removal at the North Fork Long Canyon Dam Proj-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency submits provides a photographs of the new nameplate to
FERC, as requested in the Order Amending License, Revised Annual Charges,
& Approving A Revised Exhibit M issued 9/8/04 under P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency reports the results of tests performed at Ralston
Afterbay Dam on October 11-12, 2004 to try to learn what caused the gate
opening incident that occurred on 8/5/04 under P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency submits the revised as-built drawing Numbers 2079-389 et
al which supercede 2079-343 et al in response to FERC's Order issued 8/23/04
for the Middle Fork American River Project under P-2079.

Letter
order accepting Placer County Water Agency's submittal of a photograph of the
new generator nameplate rating showing the revised capacity of the unit,
pursuant to FERC's 9/8/04 Order re Middle Fork American River P-2079.

Letter
to Placer County Water Agency enclosing copies of the 2000 through 2004
operation inspection reports for the Middle Fork American River Project etc
as requested per an email sent on 11/24/04 under P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency requests a one month extension until 3/31/05 to submit
its independent electrical engineer's report evaluating the float and gate
controls at Ralston Afterbay Dam etc under P-2079.

Habitat requirements for salmonids in
streams. Pages 83-138 in W.R. Meehan [editor] influences of forest and range
land management of salmonid fishes and their habitats. American Fisheries
Society Special Publication 19, Bethesda, MD.

Letter
acknowledging the receipt of Placer County Water Agency's five year reprint
Emergency Action Plan with its transmittal letter dated 1/11/05 etc for the
Middle Fork American River Project under P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency's CD containing the records for the French Meadows LL
Anderson Dam, Hell Hole and Ralston Afterbay Dams, for Year 1996 through
12/31/04 etc re the Middle Fork American River Proj-2079.Availability: Public

PCWA

1996-2004

CD

PCWA-L-170

Letter
to Placer County Water Agency discussing its 3/7/05 submittal of the 2004
Instrumentation Data at Middle For American River Project under P-2079.

Letter
to Placer County Water Agency discussing the proposed schedule for completing
major repairs noted during the July 2005 Environmental Inspection re Middle
Fork American River Project under P-2079

Letter
finding Placer County Water Agency's National Forest Application to perform a
geotechnical investigation & stability analysis of the tunnel spoil pile
satisfactory and authorizing them to proceed w/the investigation etc under
P-2079.

Letter
to Placer County Water Agency noting that the 6/27/05 flow deviation below
the Hell Hole Dam is a violation of their license & requesting a report
on the cause of the delay in the low-flow warning w/in 45 days, P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency submits a plan and schedule to evaluate the impact of the
Hell Hole, Interbay & Ralston Afterbay Dams being overtopped under PMF
conditions, in response to FERC's 9/19/05 letter under P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency's response to FERC's 10/24/05 letter concerning the cause
of the delay in the low-flow warning at its operations center re the Middle
Fork American River Project under P-2079.

Placer
County Water Agency's response to FERC's 10/24/05 letter regarding the cause
of the delay in the low-flow warning at its operations center re the Middle
Fork American River Project under P-2079.

Letter
order accepting Richard C Harlan as the consultant for the eighth Part 12
Safety Inspection of Placer County Water Agency & requesting a report to
the Regional Engineer in accordance with Section 13.36, P-2079.

Microcomputer
Software System for Generating Population Statistics from Electrofishing
Data-User’s Guide for MicroFish 3.0.US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.Intermountain Research Station, General
Technical Report INT-254.

Calveg/CWHR
Crosswalk: The Classification and Assessment with Landsat of Visible
Ecological Groupings (Calveg) crosswalk to the California Wildlife Habitat
Relationships System (CWHR). Accessed February 2007 at
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/rsl/projects/classification/cwhr-cv-xwalk.html.

Townsend’s
Big-Eared Bat, Corynorhinus townsendii.In: Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Western Bat Species: Bat
species accounts. Updated at the Western Bat Working Group 2005 Portland
Biennial Meeting

The
Sacramento River Basin and San Joaquin River Basin Water Quality Control Plan
(Basin Plan) for the California Regional Water Quality Control Board -
Central Valley Region (CVRWQCB, Fourth Edition revised February 2007).

Townsend’s
Big-Eared Bat, Corynorhinus townsendii.In: Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Western Bat Species: Bat
species accounts.Developed for the
Western Bat Working Group 1998 Reno Biennial Meeting.